Middlebury College

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   Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Experience,  Faculty

   Jay Parini on Literature, Learning, and Loving Vermont

   by Devin McGrath-Conwell

   Jay Parini sits for an interview to discuss his years of teaching and writing while at Middlebury College.

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   2020s,  Middlebury College,  Academic Excellence,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Equity & Justice

   Returning Stolen Art

   The Middlebury College Museum of Art is doing the best job in the country “after the Met, the National Gallery and RISD Museum” in the repatriation of Benin art to West Africa, reports the Washington Post.

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   Middlebury College,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Experience,  Science & Tech,  Staff

   Killer Reads

   Jody Smith and Joseph Watson found four poisonous books in the College Special Collections that contain arsenic. 

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   1960s,  Middlebury College,  Experience,  Faculty

   Life Exams

   In an editorial for the Roanoke Times, Ron Reese ’64 pays tribute to his mentor, former physics professor Benjamin Wissler.

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   2010s,  Middlebury College,  Alumni,  Entrepreneurship,  Experience,  Identity

   Aiming High

   Max Eingorn ’14 and two childhood friends are seeking town permission to operate a 3,000-square-foot indoor cannabis growing operation in southern Middlebury. 

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   2020s,  Middlebury College,  Access,  Philanthropy,  Students

   Creating Outdoor Opportunities

   To help make outdoor and environmental spaces more accessible to and inclusive of students of color, Kamryn You Mak ’23.5 started the College club Fostering Inclusive Recreation Experiences (FIRE).

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   2020s,  Middlebury College,  Language Schools,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Faculty

   Pluses for Polyglots

   Stephen Snyder, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the Language Schools, spoke to the Houston Chronicle about the many benefits of speaking more than one language.

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   2010s,  Middlebury College,  Middlebury Institute of International Studies,  Alumni,  Politics & Government,  Science & Tech

   Dangerous Games

   Far-right extremists are a growing presence in gaming, researchers have found. Alex Newhouse ’17, MANPTS ’18 comments in this Axios article on the “growing threat” of extremist recruitment gaming platforms.

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   2010s,  Middlebury College,  Alumni,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Politics & Government,  Science & Tech

   The New York Times Presents

   Stephanie Preiss ’11 is an executive producer on The New York Times Presents docuseries, which presents in-depth reporting on such matters as Britney Spears’s conservatorship, the killing of Breonna Taylor, and coronavirus frontline workers.

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    2020s,  Middlebury College,  Arts, Language, Culture,  Equity & Justice,  Faculty,  Identity

    Sexual Racism and the Politics of Desire

    Sociology professor Chong-suk Han has been named a finalist in the LGBTQ Studies category for a Lambda Literary Award.